Environmental correlates of diurnal and nocturnal foraging patterns of nonbreeding shorebirds

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-189

  Dodd, Sarah L ^a,b   Colwell, Mark A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FORAGING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SHOREBIRD;

CALIFORNIA; HUMBOLDT BAY; USA;

CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS MAURI; CALIDRIS MINUTILLA; CATOPTROPHORUS SEMIPALMATUS; CHARADRIUS SEMIPALMATUS; LIMNODROMUS; LIMOSA FEDOA; PLUVALIS SQUATAROLA; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA;

EID: 0031809332     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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